- The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
- A shared mood: calm, technical
Mononoki
About the font
Mononoki is a free font by madmalik, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 347 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 49% of the em and the capital height is 68%.
Mononoki is a monospace font by madmalik, created for programming and code review. It supports Latin and Cyrillic scripts and contains 932 glyphs. The font comes in 4 styles with weights from 400 to 700 and is free to use under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. An alternate stylistic set with a dotted zero can be enabled through the ss01 feature.
Author
madmalik
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
932
Character and uses
- Mood
- technical
- calm
- Design
- monoline
- Good for
Marked from the shapes of the letters by an AI model, not by the author of the font.
Supported languages
Mononoki has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 347 languages of the 1069 we checked (language data: Google Fonts). The biggest languages come first.
- English
- Russian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- German
- French
- Turkish
- Swahili
- Indonesian
- Javanese
- Vietnamese
- Italian
- Filipino
- Polish
- Oromo
- Sundanese
- Cebuano
- Kurdish
- Malagasy
- Somali
- Zulu
- Czech
- Swedish
- Hungarian
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- Greek
- Shona
- Low German
- Kinyarwanda
- Congo Swahili
- Iloko
- Xhosa
- Luba-Lulua
- Umbundu
- Afrikaans
- Hiligaynon
- Kikuyu
- Haitian Creole
- Catalan
- Kimbundu
- Serbian
- Minangkabau
- Swiss German
- Bulgarian
- Rundi
- Danish
- Wolaytta
- Albanian
- Croatian
- Slovak
- Southern Sotho
- Tswana
- Luyia
- Finnish
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bemba
- Northern Sotho
- Luo
- Tok Pisin
- Sukuma
- Tsonga
- Balinese
- Norwegian
- Kamba
- Kalenjin
- Banjar
- Makhuwa
- Bosnian
- Sidamo
- Acehnese
- Galician
- Tiv
- Bikol
- Waray
- Efik
- Sango
- Aymara
- Nyankole
- Hmong
- Jamaican Creole English
- Gusii
- Pampanga
- Beja
- Batak Toba
- Lithuanian
- Chiga
- Soga
- Swati
- Tumbuka
- Meru
- Afar
- Occitan
- Chadian Arabic
- Slovenian
- Scots
- North Ndebele
- Kongo
- Bini
- Makonde
- Gheg Albanian
- Sena
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Makhuwa-Meetto
- Morisyen
- Kʼicheʼ
- Irish
- Lunda
…and 241 more languages that are not listed here.
Special characters
Characters people often look for. “Included” means the font has all signs of the group.
- Kazakhstani Tenge — Not included
- Russian Ruble — Not included
- Euro — Included
- Turkish Lira — Not included
- Ukrainian Hryvnia — Not included
- Indian Rupee — Not included
- British Pound — Included
- Japanese Yen — Included
- US Dollar — Included
- Yo (Ё ё) — Included
- Numero sign — Not included
- Guillemets (angle quotes) — Included
- En and em dashes — Included
- Ellipsis — Included
- Legal marks (© ® ™) — Included
- Arrows — Included
- Math signs — Included
Characteristics
- Mapped characters
- 921
- x-height
- 49% of the em
- Capital height
- 68% of the em
- Monospaced
- Yes
- Version
- 1.006
- Embedding in documents
- Allowed, documents stay editable
OpenType features
Extras you can switch on in design software or in CSS with font-feature-settings.
- Fractions
frac - Case-sensitive forms
case - Superscript
sups - Subscript
subs - Ordinals
ordn - Stylistic sets (1)
License at a glance
A plain summary, not legal advice. What counts is the license text that comes with the download.
OFL-1.1
- Commercial projects
- Allowed
- Embedding on a website
- Allowed
- Modifying the font
- Allowed, with conditions
- Sharing the font
- Allowed, with conditions
- Credit and notices
- Keep the notices when you share the font
- Selling the font on its own
- Not allowed
Under the SIL Open Font License a modified font must stay under the same license and may not use the original name if the author reserved it. The font may be bundled with software but not sold by itself.
How to install
Install the .ttf or .otf files, not both versions of the same font; unzip the archive first.
Windows
- Unzip the archive.
- Right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install.
- Restart your program.
macOS
- Unzip the archive.
- Double-click the .ttf or .otf file.
- Click Install Font in the window that opens.
Linux
- Unzip the archive.
- Copy the files to ~/.local/share/fonts.
- Run fc-cache -f -v and restart your program.
Facts and sources
- Where the font comes from
- github.com/madmalik/mononoki
- Language data
- Google Fonts Languages
- Page last updated
FAQ
Is the Mononoki font free to use?
Yes. Mononoki is distributed under the OFL-1.1 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.
Does Mononoki support Cyrillic?
Yes, Mononoki includes Cyrillic glyphs.
How many languages does Mononoki support?
Mononoki covers 347 of the 1069 languages we checked: it has every letter of their basic alphabets, in both cases. The full list is in the Supported languages section of this page.
How do I install Mononoki?
Download the family archive and unzip it. On Windows, right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install; on macOS, double-click the file and click Install Font. Restart your program afterwards. Step-by-step guides are in the Guides section.
Who created Mononoki?
Mononoki was created by madmalik.
What is Mononoki good for?
Judging by its design, Mononoki suits: code, interfaces, body text.
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